Copy-holder.



W. T. HACKER.

COPY HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 4, 1910.

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n STATES PATENT FFICE.

WILLIAMSON '1. HACKER, 0F COLUMBUS, INDIANA.

COPY-HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLIAMSON '1. Hacker, a citizen of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Bartholomew, State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Copy-lilolders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to copy holders and has special reference to a form of copy holder adapted for attachment to a typewriter immediately above the keyboard of the machine.

The pricipal object of the invention is to improve and simplify the general construction of devices of this character.

A second object of the invention is to pro vide a copy holder of this type wherein the copy, when rolled, thereon, may be so positioned that the line. to be copied is either immediately above the lower line finder or immediately below the upper line finder.

l'Vith the above and other objects in view the invention consists in general of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and specifically set forth in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views, and; Figure 1 is a front elevation of a copy holder constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of a portion of the back of a machine, Fig. 4: is a section on the line 41- l of Fig. 1.

My improved copy holder comprises a supporting casing having a fiat back 10 terminating at its upper side in a transversely curved portion 11, the curve being about one-fourth of a circle. At its lower side the back 10 terminates in an upwardly curved portion 12 disposed below the upper portion 11 and which is practically a half circle. The longitudinal edges of the upper and lower portions 1.1 and 1.2 are for a purpose to be described. On each end of this frame is an end plate 13 provided with suitable openings to receive the journals 14 of a pair of paper rollers 15. Each of the rollers is provided with a longitudinal slot extending Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 4, 1910.

Patented A11 18, 1914.

Serial No. 590,758.

therethrough and having its diametrically opposite edges flared outwardly as at 16. The width of these slots is such that copy sheets of double thickness may be received therein, and it has been found in practice that a width of about one-thirty-second of an inch gives the best results. On each end of each roller 15 is a cap 17 projecting from which is the journal l lwhichpasses through the respective opening in the end plate 13 of the casing. On the outer ends of these journals 1 1 are provided knurled thumb nuts 18 to afford convenient grips for rotatingthe rollers 15. Bearing on the journals 141 at one end of the device is a friction plate 19 which is given the required tension by means of a screw 20 passing through the flange of the adjacent end plate 13.

For the purpose of attaching the device to a typewriter there is provided on the back of the casing a pair of spaced guides, one of which is shown at 21, it being noted that the guide consists of a flat plate having offset ends secured to the back of the casing. On this guide 21 is a slide 22 whereon is a vertical hook 23 and horizontal hooks 24: by means of which the device may be attached to the front portion of a typewriter frame immediately above the key-board. hen secured upon a typewriter, the device should be so placed that the rollers are in vertical alinement.

In practice, when it is desired to copy a sheet upon which the data is writtenin double space, the said sheet is preferably wound upon the rollers in a manner to arrange the line to be copied upon the upper roller, the longitudinal edge of the upper portion 11 then constituting a guide or finder for the line in question. This is accomplished by turning the rollers to bring the slots in alinement and then starting the sheet through the slot in the upper roller with the face of the sheet fronting the typist and with the lower edge of the sheet fed first through the slot in the upper roller, and then through the slot in the lower roller. The lower roller is then rotated in a direction from the operator until the first line to be copied is brought against the upper edge of the portion 11. The upper roller is then, of course, rotated from the operator to bring the lines to be copied successively against the edge of the portion 11, said edge thereby acting as a line guide for the copy. If, however, it is desired to copy a sheet on which the data is Written in single space, the sheet is preferably Wound upon the rollers in a manner to arrange the line to be copied upon the lower roller, the longitudinal edge of the lower portion 12 constituting a guide or finder for the line in question. This is accomplished by starting the sheet through the slot in the upper roller, facing from the typist and in inverted position, and then through the slot in the lower roller. The upper roller is then turned in a direction away from the operator until the sheet has been almost entirely Wound thereon, after which the lower roller is turned in a direction away from the operator, Whereby the sheet is Wrapped around the lower roller until a line appears above the longitudinal edge of the portion 12 Which then serves as a line guide or finder. Each successive line is then brought into view above the edge of the portion 12 by turning the lower roller.

lVhat is claimed is In a copy holder a pair of spaced rollers arranged one above the other and each provided With a longitudinal slot therethrough and a casing wherein said rollers are journaled, said casing terminating above said upper roller and in front of said lower roller.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in presence of tWo Witnesses.

/VILLIAMSON T. HAGKER.

Witnesses:

CARL J. CARTER, WILLIAM H. Evnimoon.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each. by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G. 

